Biography of 3 stooges



The three stooges cast.

The Tragic Real-Life Story Of The Three Stooges

ByJoel Balsam

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Moe, Larry, and Curly -– born Moses Horwitz, Louis Feinberg, and Jerome Horwitz -– were just a few fellas who grew up in the school of hard knocks.

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  • The difference between them and your average knuckleheads? These knuckleheads forever changed television and comedy. But the lives of the Three Stooges were no slice of pie to the face. The real-life stories of Moe (left), Larry (center), and Curly (right) are all riddled with tragedy and hard times.

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    It all started with a vaudeville act in the s, as stooges (numbskull assistants) to star comedian Ted Healy, according to Empire.

    By , the Three Stooges (there ended up being six of them over their timeline) impressed Columbia Pictures so much that they were given their own show and went on to star in shorts throughout the '30s, '40s, '50s, and '60s.

    If you haven't come across the countless reruns on TV, films about the trio, o